2001 Mack CH & 2001 Mack CL + 5 more recall: steering
⚠️ What's wrong
Vehicle description: trucks equipped with e-tech engines. A condition exists on the auxiliary drive shaft of the e-tech engine that causes the loss of power steering on vehicles where the power steering pump is mounted off the front of the engine.
💥 The risk
This could result in the loss of power steering.
🔧 The fix
Dealers will inspect the vehicles and replace the nut that holds the gear to the auxiliary drive shaft. Owner notification began march 22, 2002. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact mack at 1-610-709-3011.
Is the fix free? Yes. Safety recall repairs are free at any authorized dealer under federal law, including parts and labor. (Vehicles more than 15 years old when the recall was announced can be excluded, but most manufacturers still fix them.)
- NHTSA campaign
- 01V389000
- Manufacturer
- MACK TRUCKS, INCORPORATED
- Vehicles affected
- 7,500
- Component
- STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:PUMP
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- Mar 22, 2002
- Built
- May 19, 2001 – Dec 12, 2001
- Recall started by
- MFR
- Notes
- Also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).